Emily Kurze

Emily Kurze has a diverse work experience spanning various positions in marketing and education services. Emily currently serves as the Director of Marketing at Zilliz since February 2023. Prior to this, they worked at InfluxData, where they held the roles of Director of Education Services (& Partner Marketing) from December 2021 to February 2023, and Senior Partner Marketing Manager from February 2020 to December 2021.

Emily also co-founded OSA Ventures, a digital lab focused on marketing and growth, from May 2019 to March 2021. Emily has experience as the Director of Operations at Moonlight, a remote software development marketplace, where they led operations, support, account management, community, and marketing functions from June 2019 to January 2020.

Earlier in their career, Emily held marketing roles at The Linux Foundation from July 2018 to April 2019, and at Linux Professional Institute from January 2014 to December 2015. Emily also worked as a Marketing Coordinator at Parallax, Inc. from February 2012 to November 2013, and at Cygnet Software from October 2009 to February 2012, where they also had a role as a Technical Writer and provided technical support and training.

Emily Kurze completed the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Professional Certificate Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, they obtained a B.S. in Ecology & Systematic Biology from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, where they studied from 2000 to 2005.